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Podcast Interview with Oliver Harris
First episode in a planned regular feature for the EBSN website. “Playback – The EBSN Podcast” will attempt to fill some of the void left by Covid 19, by providing our members with some new and varied content. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Brion Gysin, Burroughs, cut-ups, Event, Harold Norse, interviews, Jeff Nuttall, New Publication, news, Podcast, updates
Tagged CUTUPS60, EBSN, interviews, Oliver Harris, Podcast, William Burroughs
ruth weiss
We are very saddened to hear about the passing of ruth weiss, the Berlin-born Austrian-American performance poet who pioneered jazz performance poetry, inspired Jack Kerouac’s experiments with Haiku, and whose delicate, abstract works defied easy definition. weiss’ work has been … Continue reading
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Tagged female beats, jazz, ruth weiss
Final Call For T-Shirt Orders!
Unfortunately, no orders can be taken after the August 1 deadline, so please help to keep the EBSN going, and grab a piece of Coronavirus memorobilia by buying one of our awesome shirts, HERE. Please note payments can be made … Continue reading
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Tagged CUTUPS60
Burroughs and Cohen – New Publications
Check out our New Publications section for details of some very interesting new books, including new editions of early cut-up texts featuring William Burroughs, and a collection of Ira Cohen’s mylar chamber photographs.
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Tagged cut-ups, Ira Cohen, William Burroughs
Podcast Interview with A. Robert Lee
Produced to celebrate Lee’s recent and upcoming publications, and in part to prepare for the launch of a regular EBSN podcast, to be made available from this website. Topics discussed include American Studies in the UK, Eric Mottram, Harold Norse … Continue reading
Posted in Black Beats, Harold Norse, Podcast
Tagged A. Robert Lee, American Studies, Mottram, Norse
Letter from Oliver Harris on CUT-UPS@60
2020 is the tenth anniversary of the EBSN and we wanted to celebrate the occasion with our most ambitious plans: the special Cut-Ups@60 double conference in Paris and London this September, featuring terrific line-ups of creative and critical participants. At the end … Continue reading
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CUT-UPS@60 Postponed
Yes, sadly we have been forced to postpone our plans for the double conference in September until at least 2021. More info to come soon…
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Telephone Interview with Carolyn Cassady, 2002
A little ray of much needed sunshine – Tom Knoff and Kurt Hemmer’s interview from 2002 has been edited and published on Vimeo, and you can listen to it here.
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New Book Review – The Beats By Steven Belletto
Check out A. Robert Lee’s free-flowing and admiring review of Belletto’s fantastic new contribution to Beat studies here.
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Death of a Magus – Genesis P-Orridge Obituary
I was very saddened to learn of the death of Orridge after his fight with leukemia. See Chris Becker’s electrifying obituary here and get a feel for Orridge’s commitment and contribution to avant-garde experimentalism.
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